Daniel Crothers | |
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Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court | |
Assumed office June 2005 | |
Appointed by | John Hoeven |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel John Crothers January 3,1957 Fargo,North Dakota,U.S. |
Education | University of North Dakota (BA,JD) |
Daniel John Crothers (born January 3,1957) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Crothers was born in Fargo,North Dakota,in 1957. Crothers was raised in West Fargo,American Samoa,and Albuquerque,New Mexico. [1] After graduating from Eldorado High School,he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1982. [2]
In 1982 and 1983,Crothers served as a law clerk for Ramon Lopez of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. He also operated a private legal practice in Santa Fe,New Mexico,and Fargo,North Dakota. In 2005,then-Governor John Hoeven appointed Crothers to the North Dakota Supreme Court. He was elected to an unexpired four-year term in 2008 and re-elected to a ten-year term in 2012. In 2022,Crothers was re-elected,pledging that the term would be his last. [3]
Crothers was president of the State Bar Association of North Dakota from 2001 to 2002. He is also a member of North Dakota's Committee on Judiciary Standards and chairs the North Dakota Court Services Administration Committee. He is a member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Policy Implementation Committee. [1] Crothers was formerly chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection. [1]
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